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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Feb 23, 2013, 3:21 PM EST for Decatur County, Georgia. It took effect at Feb 27, 2013, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2013, 3:21 PM EST (20:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2013, 10:26 AM EST
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Decatur County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Flint River (GA) at Bainbridge (US 27) (BGEG1). The gauge peaked at 26.19 ft at Mar 2, 2013, 4:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 22 ft
- Minor stage
- 25 ft
- Moderate stage
- 27 ft
- Major stage
- 36 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02356000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Feb 23, 9:54 AM EST, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 9:54 AM EST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 6:37 AM EST, 8 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 637 AM EST SAT FEB 23 2013 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>018-026-027-108-112-114-115-118-127-GAZ120>131- 142>146-155>159-241145- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-QUITMAN-CLAY- RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN- EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY- THOMAS-BROOKS- 637 AM EST SAT FEB 23 2013 /537 AM CST SAT FEB 23 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IS HIGH TODAY AS A SLOW MOVING AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. AVERAGE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS. THE RAINFALL WILL COME TO AN END TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... A BRIEF LULL IN THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY BEFORE A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AFFECTS THE AREA ON SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR MORE HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 3 TO 5 INCHES...AND THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVELY REPORT FLOODING IN THEIR LOCATION AS WELL AS RAINFALL TOTALS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. FLZ019-028-029-034-128-134-GAZ147-148-160-161-241145- MADISON-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-COASTAL TAYLOR- COASTAL DIXIE-COOK-BERRIEN-LOWNDES-LANIER- 637 AM EST SAT FEB 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY WITH THE THREAT FOR MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... A BRIEF LULL IN THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY BEFORE A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AFFECTS THE AREA ON SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR MORE HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 3 TO 5 INCHES...AND THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVELY MONITOR THE WEATHER IN THEIR LOCATION AND REPORT FLOODING AND RAINFALL TOTALS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-241145- APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 637 AM EST SAT FEB 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... UNSETTLED CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE MARINE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE MARINE AREA ON SUNDAY EVENING GENERATING A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL LIKELY REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT CONTINUING INTO AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. GODSEY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 23, 1:15 PM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
115 PM EST SAT FEB 23 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 NE COWARTS 31.22N 85.28W
02/23/2013 HOUSTON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE. BULK OF
ROAD CLOSURES FROM DOTHAN SOUTHEAST THROUGH ASHFORD TO
GORDON. SOME ROADS INCLUDE...BRUNER
POND...FOWLER...WOMACK...PINEVIEW...AND TURNPIKE.
&&
HARRIGANLocal storm report, Feb 23, 1:23 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
123 PM EST SAT FEB 23 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 ESE HARTFORD 31.10N 85.68W
02/23/2013 GENEVA AL 911 CALL CENTER
DRIVEWAY WASHED OUT AND BLOCKED SLOCOMB ROAD AT HWY 52
EAST.
&&
HARRIGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 7:33 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Walton | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 7:39 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 111 min |
| Feb 22, 7:49 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 15 hr | |
| Feb 22, 8:37 PM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 14 days |
| Feb 22, 9:31 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 10:34 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla | 86 min |
| Feb 23, 9:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 11 days |
| Feb 23, 2:59 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 10 hr | |
| Feb 23, 9:07 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 7 days |
| Feb 23, 3:17 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | TAE | Lee | 36 hr |
| Feb 23, 6:04 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 9:44 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 10:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Houston | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 10:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva | 3 hr |
| Feb 23, 6:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 6 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.